The English Fable
Subtitle: Aesop and Literary Culture, 16511740 (Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780521025317
Subjects: Folklore; Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English literature--18th century--History and; English literature--18th century--History and criticism; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; 18th century; Early modern, 1500-1700; English literature; Fables, English; History and criticism
First sentence: On May 10, 1665, literate Londoners had the chance to participate in a curious event - a "Standing Lottery of his Own Books, Design'd and [...] Executed by the AUTHOR."